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Chicken Cordon Bleu Cheese

Ingredients

Green Beans

  • 8 oz Green beans, fresh, trimmed
  • 1/4 tsp. Onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp. Garlic powder
  • 1 pinch Parsley
  • 1 pinch Thyme
  • Butter
  • Salt, fleur de sel

Chicken Rolls

  • 1 lb Chicken breast, sliced thin
  • 1/4 tsp. Parsley
  • 1/4 tsp. Thyme
  • 4 oz Bleu cheese, crumbled (Twin Sisters Whatcom Bleu)
  • 1 pinch Black pepper
  • 1/4 c Italian bread crumbs
  • 1/4 c Panko bread crumbs
  • Butter
  • Salt

Beurre Blanc Sauce

  • 1/2 tsp. Better than Boullion
  • 1/2 tsp. Lemon juice

Instructions

Chicken Rolls

  1. Acquire thin-sliced chicken breast if available (PCC or Met). Otherwise, slice the breasts horizontally/flat to end up with 2 thin breast halves.
  2. Wrap and pound until thin. Pat dry, sprinkle with salt.
  3. Lay out a piece of plastic wrap for each piece. For each piece of chicken. Add crumbled bleu cheese, some black pepper, thyme, parsley.
  4. Roll each in the plastic wrap length wise to end up with a roll. Roll tight, twisting up the ends. Chill in fridge for 30 mins.
  5. Preheat oven to 400°F and line a bake sheet with parchment paper or a silicon bake mat.
  6. Prepare a bowl of melted butter, ~2-3 tbsp. Prepare a separate bowl with both bread crumbs and some pinches of salt
  7. Remove rolls from fridge. One at a time, unwrap the plastic but keep the chicken rolled. Dip in butter, thoroughly dredge in the breadcrumbs, and place on the bake sheet.
  8. Bake 20-30 mins. Serve with green beans and beurre blanc sauce, finishing with fleur de sel.

Green Beans

  1. Steam until al dente, remove from steamer and set aside
  2. When ready to serve, heat a sauté pan, add 1 tbsp butter. Once melted, add green beans then sprinkle in onion powder, garlic powder, some thyme and parsley. Toss green beans, warm through.

Beurre Blanc Sauce

  1. Prepare the beurre blanc sauce with some modifications
  2. No shallot and instead of white wine, mix 1/2 tsp Better than Bouillon with 1 tbsp water and 1/2 tsp lemon juice.